Culture Classics

Halloween is almost here so we have to represent with one of the biggest Spooky SZN #Culture Classics of all-time, “Thriller” from the one-and-only Michael Jackson. First things first, both the song and it’s accompanying video are iconic. And for an artist who has made a career out of iconic songs and…

Halloween is right around the corner and we’ve got not one but two #CultureClassics for you today that rep Spooky SZN to the fullest, Candyman and Tales From the Hood. Candyman is a slasher film that dropped in 1992 about a college student studying urban legends who comes across the legend of the “Candyman” (played to…

It’s Spooky SZN so all October we’ll be hitting you with nothing but #CultureClassics that have that spooky flare to them. This week we’re featuring a track on everyone in The Culture’s Halloween party playlist “Somebody’s Watching Me” by Rockwell. The song was released on January 14, 1984 on Motown Records and became a…

Today in our #CultureClassics series we feature “Hey Ya” by Outkast. The Speakerboxxx/Love Below album dropped this week back in 2003 and that classic album was led by this classic single from Andre 3000. The mix of Beatles-esque rock and Prince-like swagger couldn’t be denied. “Hey Ya” topped the Billboard Hot 100 for…

This week’s #CultureClassic is the cartoon The Proud Family which premiered this week in 2001. The Proud Family was a rare cartoon because it followed the adventures and misadventures of Penny, a 14-year-old African American girl trying to navigate through the early years of teen-dom. The show was funny but also had heart thanks to…

Before there was The Wire. Before Luke Cage or Power there was New York Undercover. The OG gritty street crime drama. Debuting in 1994 the show starred Malik Yoba and Michael DeLorenzo as undercover NYPD officers (making history as the first police drama to star two people of color) solving crimes and being dope doing…

Every Thursday we like to take it back and give you a Culture Classic. A clip from a film/TV show or a music video from back in the day that reps The Culture to the fullest! What happens when you combine two of the greatest hip-hop collectives of all-time at the height of…

In Living Color is one of the shows that can truly boast that it influenced the industry and shifted The Culture. The stars it created and the influence it had on other television shows simply cannot be denied and you can read our article about Keenan Ivory Wayans for more evidence. And since…

Yo! MTV Raps is a major part of the history of The Culture. It was a pivotal player in bringing hip-hop to the masses helping turn our culture into The Culture. Launching in 1988 hosts Fab 5 Freddy, Dr. Dre and Ed Lover had the music, the guests, and the knowledge of everything hip-hop…

This week in #CultureClassics we re-present to you “They Reminisce Over You” by Pete Rock and CL Smooth. Simply put one of the greatest hip-hop songs ever created (go ahead and @ us @CFTCulure). The haunting sample from super producer Pete Rock with the deep life-lesson lyrics of MC extrodinare CL Smooth combine to showcase…